Everett Ruess family papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0687

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Everett Ruess family papers is a collection containing diaries, correspondence, postcards, school work and original writings, and other documents related to Everett Ruess and his family.

Click here to view the digitized diaries from the collection.

Dates

1894-2005

Creator

Ruess, Everett, 1914-1934 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Everett Ruess was an artist and writer who explored the deserts of the southwest, invariably alone. He was known for cutting linoleum prints of nature and associated with Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange. At the age of 20, he went into the Utah desert with two burros and never returned.

Extent

51.5 Linear Feet (91 Boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Chinese

Additional Description

Abstract

The Everett Ruess family papers (1894-2005) is a collection containing diaries, correspondence, postcards, school work and original writings, and other documents related to Everett Ruess and his family. Everett Ruess was an artist and writer who explored the deserts of the southwest, invariably alone. He was known for cutting linoleum prints of nature and associated with Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange. Click here to view the digitized diaries from the collection.